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Month: August 2026

admin comments (0) August 8, 2026

Saint Kitts and Nevis: Can It Become a Digital Finance Leader?

The following is an overview of the fintech ecosystem and its relation to wider economic development of Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2026.  Size has never prevented Caribbean island nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis from thinking internationally. With a population of just under 50,000 people, the twin-island federation has long understood that economic resilience […]

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admin comments (0) August 7, 2026

Credit Union 1 Brands NCR Atleos ATMs at Alaska Circle K Stores

Credit Union 1 (CU1), the Anchorage-headquartered cooperative with $1.7 billion in assets, has extended its partnership with NCR Atleos (NYSE: NATL) through an ATM branding agreement covering 24 Circle K convenience stores across Alaska. The rollout, beginning in July and completing in August 2026, places CU1 branding on Atleos-operated machines in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Wasilla and […]

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admin comments (0) August 7, 2026

Worldline Selected for ECB’s Digital Euro Pilot Programme

Worldline has been selected by the European Central Bank to participate in the Eurosystem’s digital euro pilot, the company confirmed on 15 July 2026. The Paris- and Luxembourg-headquartered payments group will take part as both an acquiring payment service provider and a technical service provider, covering infrastructure connectivity, transaction processing, banking channel integration and merchant […]

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admin comments (0) August 7, 2026

UK Open Banking Passes One Billion Payments and 100bn API Calls

The UK’s open banking infrastructure has crossed two cumulative thresholds: more than one billion Open Banking payments and more than 100 billion API calls have now been recorded across the nine largest high street banks, collectively known as the CMA9, since the regime launched over eight years ago. Open Banking Limited (OBL), the entity that […]

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admin comments (0) August 7, 2026

Wallet-Initiated, Account-Settled: Who will Own Europe’s P2P Control Layer?

Europe already has banks that hold customer accounts and instant-payment infrastructure that moves money quickly. The next competition in person-to-person payments may have less to do with building another rail and more to do with who coordinates identity, consent, risk and transaction certainty between wallets and banks. Sergei Budnik, payment solution architect In this contributed […]

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admin comments (0) August 7, 2026

Syria: Can Fintech Rebuild a Country After Revolution and War?

The following showcases the 2026 developments of fintech and wider digital of Syria. When protests erupted across Syria during the Arab Spring in 2011, few imagined that the country’s financial system would still be trying to recover more than a decade later. What began as demonstrations calling for political reform evolved into one of the […]

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admin comments (0) August 6, 2026

AlFaris International Group Appoints Taranis Capital CEO Nicholas S. Bingham as Strategic Advisor to Propel Saudi Fintech Expansion

AlFaris International Group, one of Saudi Arabia’s core banking technology providers, has appointed Nicholas S. Bingham to its advisory team. Bingham, the founder and chief executive officer of specialist investment firm Taranis Capital, joins the group as strategic advisor to support its long-term growth initiatives and expand its global ecosystem. The appointment comes at a […]

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admin comments (0) August 6, 2026

Aevi and Nomupay Partner to Open APAC Payment Corridor

Aevi, the independent in-person payment orchestration platform, has partnered with Nomupay, a cross-border acquiring and payout provider, to reduce the integration overhead of international commerce for merchants, financial institutions, ISVs and payment providers. The deal connects Aevi’s cloud-native SmartPOS and orchestration layer with Nomupay’s card acquiring, local alternative payment methods and cross-border payout services. Merchants […]

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admin comments (0) August 6, 2026

In Profile: Lynda Clarke on Why the Payment Point Should Work Harder

Nayax is best known for the yellow card readers on vending machines. Its UK general manager argues the same payment principles that made vending work are now being tested on EV chargers, car parks and kiosks, where the transactions are larger and the expectations higher. Lynda Clarke, general manager at Nayax UK Lynda Clarke has […]

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admin comments (0) August 6, 2026

Monzo Business Hits 1m Customers as One in Six UK Firms Bank With it

Monzo Business has reached one million customers in the UK, around six years after its launch in March 2020. The milestone means Monzo now serves more than 16 million personal and business customers in the UK, and the company says one in six UK businesses now hold a Monzo Business account, rising to one in […]

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